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2y

What a terrific idea! You really have an amazing talent for taking discarded materials and turning them into something totally new and useful. You did a great job on that finish, too. What a great job of distressing.

2y

A beautiful turn out! The finish really turned out great- and it's neat that you mixed two stains to get this color. It's makes the piece truly one-of-a-kind. Great work achieving those tricky angled cuts!

2y

This is a copy-worthy idea! There has to be a ton of parents with just these same materials and no idea what to do with them. The finish you chose gives the desk and the chair a very high-quality look. Did you do the shelf on the wall as well?

Thanks...no I didn't make the shelves, but I did try and match up the desk with them and the rest of the room...I originally was going to use old wooden baseball bats as the legs, but the bat I had turned out to be a valuable collectors item, a win win situation, lol.

Thanks...I found the wood ladder in the garage left from the previous owner (14 feet), so I still have 2/3 of it left for future projects...but it's free standing, I padded the top so it won't scratch the walls, and put a rubber type pad on the bottom so it won't slip.

2y

This is an amazing project. The level of detail is very impressive- the stain on the roof and stair case is an especially nice touch. The pallet wood looks beautiful! Did you have to do a lot of prep work to the pallet wood to get it ready?

Yes I did, It involved lots of cutting. I had to split the slats in order for them to be thin and not too heavy. That was probably 1 of the hardest parts, because not every slat wast the same thickness or width. The frame work was cut from the 2x4's lots of cutting there too. Down to 3/4". All of the small detail pcs like trim and stairs were very tasking, my saw blades were worn down by then.